Objective
Tell a compelling, memorable story
about Crested Butte in a museum set in an historic old gas station.
The goal was to encourage tourism and develop an appreciation of the
town's evolution from an old mining town to a popular Colorado vacation
destination.
Solution
A visually rich display hauntingly
depicts hardships faced by women in the town's early history; and
a mockup coal mine featuring dirty miners and a coal railway disappearing
into darkness captures Crested Butte's stark mining history. Visitors
are brought up to date through an illuminating interactive map detailing
the ski resort's development.